Keynote Speakers
Maja Matarić, University of Southern California / Google DeepMind, USA
ACM Distinguished Speakers Program
Socially Assistive Robotics Right Now: Personalized Embodied Systems for In-Home Support of Health, Wellness, Education, and Training
Bio:
Maja Matarić is a Chaired and Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Neuroscience and Pediatrics at the University of Southern California, and Principal Scientist at Google DeepMind. She has a PhD and MS in CS & AI from MIT, and a BS in CS from Kansas University. She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AMACAD), and a Fellow of AAAS, IEEE, AAAI, and ACM.
She is the recipient of the US Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics & Engineering Mentoring from President Obama, the Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award, the ACM Athena Lecture Award, the ACM Eugene Lawler Award, the Mass Robotics Medal, the NSF CAREER Award, the MIT TR35 Award, and the IEEE-RAS Early Career Award. She authored The Robotics Primer (MIT Press) and led the USC K-12 STEM Center.
A pioneer of socially assistive robotics, her research develops personalized support for a wide range of users and needs, including autism, stroke, dementia, anxiety, among others.
(Photo courtesy of Maja Matarić)